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What to know about CECOT, El Salvador's mega-prison for [alleged] gang members

  CECOT prisoners do not receive visits and are never allowed outdoors. The prison does not offer workshops or educational programs to prepare them to return to society after their sentences.

  The prison's dining halls, break rooms, gym and board games are for guards.

  [ the human rights organization ] Cristosal reported last year that at least 261 people had died in El Salvador's prisons during the gang crackdown. The group and others have cited cases of abuse, torture and lack of medical attention.

  ..  the government has shown CECOT prisoners in boxer shorts marching into common areas and made to sit nearly atop each other. Cells lack enough bunks for everyone.

~ https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/g-s1-54206/el-salvador-mega-p...